I agree with you on the flavour part though some times it was cringe worthy as he beat that dead horse into submission again and again. I rather liked Mike, a true contrarian and defender of the faith, just wished he could have reined it in a little.gene

I have a TW 3/4in 3TPI on my 14in Rikon and I love it. To be honest, I use the BS mostly for resawing and have found that moving from 1/2in to 3/4in was noticably an improvement and made it easier to maintain a straight cut line.